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The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (1679 CE) - #47
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I've looking forward to reading this after Dante's Divine Comedy, but I guess I wasn't the target reader.
I found the allegorical names and symbolisms amusing at first, but it got old pretty quickly. I also didn't care that much for Christian as I did for Faithful, and I was wondering why he's so celebrated and reknowned instead of the latter.
The introduction of the other characters in part two were interesting at first (I found the weaker characters like Fearing and Feeble-minded more interest ...more
I found the allegorical names and symbolisms amusing at first, but it got old pretty quickly. I also didn't care that much for Christian as I did for Faithful, and I was wondering why he's so celebrated and reknowned instead of the latter.
The introduction of the other characters in part two were interesting at first (I found the weaker characters like Fearing and Feeble-minded more interest ...more
Jul 15, 2016
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